This new leisure time, the availability of new automobiles, and the freedom provided by new freeway and interstate systems provided families with an opportunity for a different type of "weekend togetherness." ... As the new freeway systems and the rise in car ownership freed Americans to move to the suburbs, it also caused a breakdown within the "familial chain of cooking." ...

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